The morning of LSU's final home game vs Texas A&M, FootballScoop broke the news that "political forces" were weighing in unlike ever before and that if Les Miles were to win that night's game there now was a very real chance he would be retained.
Obviously, you know how that played out.
Following the game, ESPN's Joe Schad reported that LSU officials finally made the decision to abort their plan to oust Miles during a 3rd quarter meeting.
This morning, LSU President King Alexander confirmed both reports to the Baton Rouge Business Report's Stephanie Riegel.
"Alexander confirms reports that the final decision on Miles' future did not come until after a halftime meeting." Per Alexander, he met with Joe Alleva and "several members of the LSU Board of Supervisors" and "we weighed all the factors in all this and it was a joint decision between many of our board members, our AD and many of us decided this was the wrong time and wrong place (to replace Miles)."
"We don't need to go into the next legislative session with a black eye," Alexander told Riegel.
Alexander stated that he and Miles have a good working relationship. There was no mention in the article of Miles' relationship with Joe Alleva.